单词 | pellucidness |
释义 | pellucidnessn. Now rare. Pellucid quality or condition; pellucidity. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > transparency or translucence > [noun] diaphanity1477 perspicuitya1500 sheerness1587 transparence1594 translucency1598 tralucency1599 transparency1615 clarity1616 pellucidity1642 diaphaneity1660 pellucidness1684 clearness1692 translucidity1694 translucidness1727 transparentness1727 translucence1755 see-through1954 1684 R. Boyle Exper. Porosity of Bodies vi. 96 The Pellucidness which the Stone acquires in Water. 1754 R. Brookes Gen. Pract. Physic (ed. 2) I. 2 A fair, florid, and clear Complexion, show the Purity and the Pellucidness of the lymphatic Fluids. 1771 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. (1790) 97 Its pellucidness is like that of brown crystal. 1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris viii. 111 Distances are lessened by the pellucidness of the medium through which they are seen. 1830 M. Faraday in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 120 37 Though the larger bubbles rise quickly, and the smaller soon after, the smallest will continue for many hours under the surface, destroying the pellucidness of the fluid. 1960 J. V. Cunningham Trad. & Poet. Structure 77 ‘Brittleness’, ‘clarity’, and ‘pellucidness’ may be charming notions but they are inaccurate in context. 1997 Federal News Service (Nexis) 10 Dec. Paucity, however, does not lead to pellucidness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1684 |
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